While the internet may be killing Christmas Cards (why pay for a stamp when e-mail is free?) I remember a time when the Christmas Card was a simple brief statement, not a journal of the year’s events. It was meant as just a cheery well-wish and not a summary of the year that some saw as “bragging” (i.e. MY daughter was an honor student this year and MY son was All-District. MY husband got a raise, blah blah blah...).
Although we don't send Christmas cards in the volume we once did, folks in my family (with the exception of my baby sister) have never done more than sign the card with their name and a brief personal 'wishing you well', etc.
I thought my baby sister was the only person in the world who took the time to compose a complete review of her family's fortunes over the prior year. I should have known better. She's such a creature of the status quo.